Cut-fruit recall includes Maine

LAWRENCE, Mass. – A Massachusetts company is recalling fresh-cut fruit products containing cantaloupe from a Honduran company the Food and Drug Administration has linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak.

JARD said Friday its recall affects food service and retail products containing cantaloupe from Agropecuaria Montelibano and distributed in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Vermont.

The Massachusetts company said it is not aware of any illnesses associated with its cantaloupe products.

The recall includes retail plastic cups and trays sold under the brands Frosty Fresh, Fresh Hand Cut, Fruit on The Go, Highland Park, Bruegger’s Bagels, Sid Wainer and Son, Hannaford Bros. and Garden High Plant No. P-005, and coded with a sell-by date of March 29, 2008, or earlier.

The recalled food service products include plastic pails and jars under the brands Pebble Beach, Festival Of Fruit, Cornucopia Sweet, Jambo Chef, Fowler Fruit Mix, Instantwhip, Syracuse Banana and City Line Food Dist., and coded with an expiration date from April 7, 2008, to April 22, 2008, or a Julian code of “08067” to “08082.”

The FDA this week asked grocers to remove cantaloupe from the Honduran company and blocked its imports after dozens of cases of salmonella were reported in 16 states. No deaths were reported, but 14 people were hospitalized.

On Thursday, Chiquita Brands International Inc. announced a recall of whole cantaloupes grown, packed and shipped by Agropecuaria Montelibano. The cantaloupes went out nationwide. Simply Fresh Fruit Inc. announced a recall of certain cut-fruit products.